The contestant coordinators asked us during one of the breaks to stop saying "please" and "can I" and "Alex" to speed things up! It just was a bad habit we all managed to use that round. Well.... I hate to see politeness called a bad habit - how about we just say it's a good habit that's awfully ha...

I went down to the lobby looking for other contestants that night, but it was just about deserted. At the time I thought that everyone must have packed up and left already; I wish I had hung around, but I was awfully tired. The stress of so much fun, dreams come true, and then crushing disappointme...

On the set before they began taping, I was drinking water like a horse at a trough. Well, that was very kind of them to set it up that way for you! :lol: I thought that was the urinal... *awkward* I had what I politely term "gregarious bladder" that started the instant I got to the studio. I believ...

Missed FJ -- went with Deepa on both uranium and plutonium (heck, at least those have planets in their names!). Helium -- from Helios, I imagine -- didn't even occur to me. Off to study stepson's copy of The Elements AND The Disappearing Spoon! I went for iridium! I was thinking about elements that...

That was a fantastic game. Completely redeemed my Monday appearance, and was even better than last night. Back story is that Martin (on last night) and Deepa (on this evening) were both with me on day 1, and were the holdovers guaranteed to appear on the Wednesday. I was glad to not play either of t...

I'm going to just be honest and say I am pleased as punch that Betsy made over $20,000 on her second win. A) I'm pleased for her. B) It doesn't feel like a fluke that I lost to her! The Monday game was so weird (and besides you fine people, I have heard all sorts of folks tell me that it was the wei...

Nice knowledge, Betsy, on Alice Waters. I never heard of her in my life. I was ready to say Julia Child. I remembered a J! clue about Julia Child being a California girl. I had a friend who worked for Alice Waters and I've read so many articles about her and ... whatever. School nutrition is her th...

By the way, is "cutting off their beards" the correct response they would have been wanting on that final DD, or would there be some other way of saying the same thing? Is there a special word that refers to cutting off a beard, like there is for throwing someone out a window? If there isn't, we sh...

By the way, is "cutting off their beards" the correct response they would have been wanting on that final DD, or would there be some other way of saying the same thing? Is there a special word that refers to cutting off a beard, like there is for throwing someone out a window? If there isn't, we sh...

The reason they hadn't adjusted the $8,600 down to $6,600 was because her $2,000 miss hadn't happened yet. It was the clue after the first DD when Betsy gave the incorrect title of the Anne Bronte work. Oh, right! But it still said $8,600 after that briefly. It just so happened that both clues were...

At that point, they hadn't adjusted the $8,600 score to $6,600 on the contestant display. So I had $5,000, knew the game was running down to last moments, and felt that I had an all or nothing situation in a category I knew quite well. Wait- really? So you were wagering based upon an invalid oppone...

Are you saying that he might have wagered more than $0 if he had more money? Actually, I think he is saying that he might have wagered more than $0 if he had had more money. But I might be wrong. If I recall the briefings right, the minimum Daily Double wager is $5. You know, I'd feel worse about t...

Do people just get nervous on the stand, and add sounds they didn't mean to add? Yes! Did Glenn really think her name was George Sands? No! In fact, I didn't know it was George Sand at all. I'll explain what I recall of my stream of consciousness. Inner monologue: "That long name. It's that French ...

Glenn, since you're on this board, I must take issue with your wager on that first DJ DD. Had you wagered less than everything on it, you would have had a better chance to win the game (because you were the only one that had the Final right) because you might have wagered more than $0 had you had m...

If I recall correct, Betsy said "Wildfeld Hall" instead of "Wildfell" during the taping. I remember having an urge to correct Alex when he said she added a letter, because she didn't - she just changed the last letter :) To be fair to Alex, it's possible she said "Wildfelld". :lol: Oh, was that it?...